by David Tollen | Oct 5, 2021 | The Postclassical Age, The Early Modern Age, Linguistics & Philology
Here’s a crazy idea that might work. “They” has become the English language’s preferred third person singular pronoun, for gender-neutral use. But of course, we use the same pronoun for the third person plural. That creates confusion. Why not...
by David Tollen | Oct 22, 2015 | The Postclassical Age, Linguistics & Philology
Says Yoda things like: “Powerful have you become; the dark side I sense in you.” Sounds it like speaks he an old dialect of English. Yet uses not Yoda “thou hast” or “erstwhile” or “thee” — or any other word or...
